Progress in Anisakis Allergy Research: Milestones and Reversals
- PDF / 1,217,204 Bytes
- 14 Pages / 595.276 x 790.866 pts Page_size
- 91 Downloads / 148 Views
Food Allergy (M Fernandez-Rivas, Section Editor)
Progress in Anisakis Allergy Research: Milestones and Reversals Alvaro Daschner, Ph.D., M.D.1,* Carmen Cuéllar, Ph.D.2 Address *,1 Servicio de Alergia, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria- Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, C/Diego de León 62, 28006, Madrid, Spain Email: [email protected] 2 Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
* Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
This article is part of the Topical Collection on Food Allergy Keywords Gastro-allergic Anisakiasis I Anisakis, host-parasite-interaction I Healthy diet I Fish-consumption I Zoonosis Abbreviations GAA Gastro-allergic Anisakiasis CU Chronic urticaria CU+ Anisakis sensitization-associated chronic _ _ urticaria
Abstract Purpose of the review Anisakis has gained cosmopolitan celebrity mainly through its potential to induce allergic disease. In the last two decades, several regions in the world, including the Mediterranean region, Japan, or Korea have reported high numbers of Anisakiasis-accompanied allergic symptoms: Gastro-allergic Anisakiasis. Recent findings Recent wide-scale epidemiological studies highlight the global scenario of Anisakis for human health, and awareness is the main contributing factor. After two decades of research in the field of Anisakis allergy, in the last years, molecular studies of Anisakis allergens including omics research abound, fostered by available techniques and the putative necessity to a more precise diagnosis. Knowledge in the form of new massive data should be balanced against the creation of social and scientific alarm. Summary In gastro-allergic Anisakiasis primary and secondary preventive measures against acute allergic episodes include adequate fish processing before consuming it raw or lightly cooked (deep freezing at − 20 °C for at least 24–48 h). Unfortunately, experts working in very different fields do not prioritize basic knowledge of immune biology of parasites and clinical allergy, risking an erroneous interpretation of allergic
Food Allergy (M Fernandez-Rivas, Section Editor) features, which could have important deleterious effects on the global implementation of a healthy fish-including diet.
Introduction Growing awareness of a healthy style of life includes dietary recommendations. Fish and seafood consumption is not only a pillar of the appraised Mediterranean Diet; it has widely been studied for its beneficial effects, which could partly explain the long life expectancy of populations with the worldwide highest per capita fish consumption, such as Japan and Spain. Furthermore, culinary and cultural phenomena bring about a worldwide expansion of traditional raw fish eating. On the other side of the coin are increasing health concerns about the transmission of zoonotic diseases. Parasitic disease produced by cestodes and trematodes are associated with mainly freshwater fish, whereas Anisakidae are cosmopolitan nematodes able to produce human disease by infesting a vast
Data Loading...